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America’s Heath Rankings charts are available for you to download for use in PowerPoint presentations, handouts, or wherever you choose! In the top right corner of any chart, press the download icon.
You can also share a single chart, a whole measure, or a State page to Facebook or Twitter by looking for the share icon in the top right corner of a chart or an entire web page.
Strengths
- High enrollment in early childhood education
- High percentage of fourth grade reading proficiency
- Low percentage of women in poverty
Challenges
- Low percentage of early and adequate prenatal care
- High percentage of housing with lead risk
- High prevalence of asthma among children
Highlights
- Children in poverty decreased 26% from 16.7% to 12.3% of children ages 0-17 between 2013 and 2019
- Infant child care cost increased 18% from 10.7% to 12.6% of married-couple's median income between 2017 and 2018
- Low-risk cesarean delivery decreased 16% from 31.6% to 26.7% of singleton, term, vertex, first births between 2014 and 2019
- Drug deaths increased 72% from 16.0 to 27.5 deaths per 100,000 women ages 20-44 between 2014-2016 and 2017-2019

